Maps of Movies

About Time (2013)

Where About Time says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The beach below Tim's family home was really filmed on a different beach, about 11 km away.

Scenes and places

The morning Dad reveals the family secret

Set in Tim's family home, Cornwall — The morning after New Year's Eve, James tells Tim that the men of their family can travel back to moments they have lived before.

Filmed at Porthpean House, St Austell (Cornwall · Porthpean, St Austell, England) — The family home and garden: Porthpean House near St Austell.

How to get there: Train to St Austell, then bus or taxi

Meeting Mary in the pitch-dark restaurant

Set in Dans le Noir restaurant, London — In a restaurant where diners eat in total darkness, Tim meets the American Mary, flirts with her and gets her phone number.

Filmed at 1 Newburgh Street, Soho (Soho · Newburgh Street, London, England) — The restaurant exterior. One source says this building was set-dressed as the restaurant; the real one is elsewhere.

How to get there: Walk from Oxford Circus station

Tim and Mary's wedding in Cornwall

Set in Tim and Mary's wedding — After Tim proposes, he and Mary marry.

Filmed at St Michael Penkevil church (Cornwall, St Michael Penkevil, England) — The village church used for the wedding, on Cornwall's Roseland peninsula.

How to get there: Bus toward St Austell or Truro, then walk

Back to the childhood beach with Dad

Set in The beach below the family house — Before losing his father, Tim goes back with him to a happy memory from Tim's childhood.

Filmed at Vault Beach, Gorran Haven (Cornwall · Vault Beach, Gorran Haven, England) — The beach shown below the house is Vault Beach near Gorran Haven.

How to get there: Bus toward Gorran Haven village, then walk

Filmed at Paddington Station — Tim arrives in London

Filmed at 59 Brondesbury Road, Queen's Park — Tim lodges with Harry

Filmed at Lincoln's Inn Fields (near 2 New Square) — Tim's law firm

Filmed at 102 Golborne Road, Notting Hill — Mary's home

Filmed at National Theatre, South Bank — Reunion with Charlotte

Filmed at Royal Courts of Justice, Strand — The courtroom scene

Filmed at Abbey Road zebra crossing and studios, St John's Wood — Tim's walk on arrival; Mary goes into labour

Filmed at Portloe village (Broom Parc area) — Part of the Cornwall scenes